impatience

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impatience

/ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.

noun impatiences

countable, uncountable The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Similar: haste · Opposite: patience

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: restlessness, frustration, intolerance, depletion, excitement, urgency, eagerness, patience, haste, anticipation, irritability, edginess, restiveness, agitation, hastiness, anxiety

Translations

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noun quality of being impatient

Español	impaciencia
日本語	焦燥 syōsō, 焦り aseri
हिन्दी	अधीरता adhīrtā, उतावलापन utāvlāpan, उत्सुकता utsuktā
Português	impaciência
Français	impatience
Deutsch	Ungeduld
Italiano	impazienza
Ελληνικά	ανυπομονησία anypomonisía
Română	nerăbdare, impaciență
Русский	нетерпе́ние neterpénije
العربية	نَفَاد صَبْر nafād ṣabr

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@misc{impatience_2026,
  title = {impatience},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impatience},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}